The future of coral reefs

N Knowlton - Proceedings of the National Academy of …, 2001 - National Acad Sciences
… of most coral reef habitats would probably not result in the extinction of a comparable proportion
of coral reef … No taxonomically comprehensive analysis of obligate versus facultative reef

Climate change, coral bleaching and the future of the world's coral reefs

O Hoegh-Guldberg - Marine and freshwater research, 1999 - CSIRO Publishing
… and provide the basis of the most diverse marine ecosystem on the planet… coral reefs are
substantial and contrast the usually clear and unpopulated waters that surround most coral reef

Corals and coral reefs

TF Goreau, NI Goreau, TJ Goreau - Scientific American, 1979 - JSTOR
… of corals is dependent on their algal part ners, true reef-building corals are al most never …
the growth of coral reefs are well illustrated in the l50-mile fringing reef along the northern coast …

[图书][B] World atlas of coral reefs

M Spalding, C Ravilious, EP Green - 2001 - books.google.com
… mapping work in 1994 and has now developed the most detailed global maps of coral
reefs in existence. These maps show the distribution of the vast majority of the world's shallow …

Limiting global warming to 2 C is unlikely to save most coral reefs

K Frieler, M Meinshausen, A Golly, M Mengel… - Nature Climate …, 2013 - nature.com
… Our projections suggest that most coral reefs will experience extensive degradation over the
… behaviour of corals to thermal stress 10,37 . To protect at least 50% of the coral reef cells, …

Coral reef biodiversity

N Knowlton, RE Brainard, R Fisher… - Life in the world's …, 2010 - books.google.com
… There is essentially no bridge between coarse global analyses and intensive local
biodiversity assessments for most coral reef organisms. Moreover, most of these geographically …

Climate change and the future for coral reef fishes

PL Munday, GP Jones, MS Pratchett… - Fish and …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Coral reefs are among the most diverse ecosystems on Earth and continued loss … coral reef
fishes to rapid climate change. Finally, we examine the potential consequences for coral reef

Recovery and recolonization of coral reefs

RG Pearson - Marine Ecology Progress Series, 1981 - JSTOR
Most studies used species diversity and percentage cover as indices of recovery. Coral
reefs, together with tropical rain forests are universally regarded as being the most diverse and …

Experimental biology of coral reef ecosystems

MP Lesser - Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 2004 - Elsevier
Most coral reef biologists do agree that coral reefs are changing and will exist in the near
future but they will not be the “coral reefs” we … The outcome on each reef system will likely be …

The significance of coral disease epizootiology for coral reef conservation

EP Green, AW Bruckner - Biological Conservation, 2000 - Elsevier
… She emphasises that the procedure by which a presumed disease pathogen is demonstrated
to be the causative agent, Koch's postulates, has not been fulfilled for most coral diseases …